Naguib Mahfouz, Storyteller
What “The Arabian Nights” has to teach us about the compassion — and violence — of stories.
Hilal Isler is a writer whose recent work has appeared in the Paris Review, Literary Hub, Catapult, and The Rumpus. She holds a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and is a 2019 Roxane Gay Fellow with the Jack Jones Literary Arts Association.
What “The Arabian Nights” has to teach us about the compassion — and violence — of stories.